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Get Ready Queensland - for councils

About Get Ready Queensland

Get Ready Queensland is about building our resilience to deal with the extreme weather and natural disasters that are part of living in our state. Its aim is to make Queensland the nation’s most disaster resilient state.

Resilience is about more than just good preparation or effective responding. It is about accepting that extreme weather is part of living in Queensland, and preparing to handle it accordingly.

The program provides a total of $2 million in Queensland Government funding to help local governments improve their communities’ resilience and aligns with QRA’s mission to make Queensland the most disaster resilient state in Australia.

Get Ready Queensland Week 2018 is October 8-14.

Council grants

Councils have been advised in writing of their respective approved funding amount for the 2018-19 Get Ready Queensland program.

Guidelines, Funding Agreement, and plan of activities

Funding is conditional on your organisation submitting a Plan of Activities (.xml, 881 KB) for approval by 14 September 2018, and abiding by the requirements of the terms and conditions of the Funding Agreement and the Program Guidelines.

Co-branded advertising resources

Councils are encouraged to use the co-branded advertising templates and resources to promote Get Ready Queensland key messages and initiatives in their newsletters and/or local press. The design file template allows for council logos to be added.

Co-branded print materials and collateral

An online Get Ready Queensland portal has been set up to provide an option for councils to order print materials and collateral for delivery. Dynamic templates have been provided to allow for councils to upload their logo for co-branding. To make alternate print arrangements for Get Ready Queensland please refer to the Get Ready Queensland branding guidelines and logos.

Media protocol and social media acknowledgement

Councils and state government agencies undertaking media for the Get Ready Queensland program are requested to send details of scheduled media events and media releases to getready@qld.gov.au

Councils should recognise the Get Ready Queensland program through the social media accounts by proactively arranging photographs and social media posts for Get Ready Queensland activities and initiatives and applying the social media hashtag and tagging the Get Ready Queensland social media accounts:

Social media tile images and Facebook cover images for councils to promote Get Ready Queensland through Twitter and Facebook are available for download (.zip)

Administration of Get Ready Queensland

In August 2017, the Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) assumed administrative responsibility for the Get Ready Queensland grant program from the (then) Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning (DILGP).